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Women make gains on corporate boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... address the turnover of boards, and that brings up the issue of representation of women." The high percentage of women directors on boards of the Queensland and South Australia state-owned corporations is down to the fact that the state governments in ...

Australian Ethical Investments faces EGM board spill

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... in the guise of 'concerned' shareholders is misleading and inaccurate and some of it might be defamatory. Indeed, the directors have taken legal advice and may commence legal proceedings against these individuals in relation to the defamation." In its ...

Disruptive innovation, ESG factors pose media sector risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... sector, particularly the increased focus on ethics and governance shortcomings in some boards, such as lack of independent directors. "Media companies are in a transition phase -they are going from traditional media to new media," Carlsson-Sweeny said. ...

Perpetual to extend ESG dashboard to fixed income space

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... corporate governance concerns with the company for the last five years around issues including "lack of independent directors; cross ownership (SOL owns 48% of Brickworks (BKW) and BKW owns 42.9% of SOL); use of the cross ownership and shared directors ...

Q&A with Nelmara Arbex, deputy chief executive, GRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... profound revisions as we call them. This starts of course with general decisions that we take directly from the board of directors. The GRI Secretariat starts with a plan on how to implement these decisions, and then we discuss this plan monthly with ...

Fund manager: remuneration reports filled with "mumbo jumbo"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... ASX300 companies for the financial year ended 30 June 2011. In a report released in March 2012, the commission said that directors must provide "sufficient detail" such that shareholders can assess if the arrangements are appropriate for the company's ...

Investors require more corporate ESG disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... it's $100, it is. So, to me, really what it comes down to what are the appropriate minimum governance standards for directors to dispel their own requirements as fiduciaries in companies." The International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) is formulating ...

Proxy voting error results in Emeco AGM double-count

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... strikes rule. Under the two-strikes rule, shareholders in Australian publicly listed companies have the right to remove directors if a company's remuneration report has received a 'no' vote of 25% or more at two consecutive annual general meetings under ...

ASIC renews call for better remuneration disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... of 50 remuneration reports from ASX300 companies for the financial year ended 30 June 2011. The commission said that directors must provide "sufficient detail" such that shareholders can assess if the arrangements are appropriate for the company's circumstance. ...

AMP Capital, VFMC publish 2011 proxy voting record

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... companies. Under the two-strikes rule, shareholders in Australian publicly listed companies have the right to remove directors if a company's remuneration report has received a 'no' vote of 25% or more at two consecutive annual general meetings under ...